District Stations

The size
of our county makes it impossible to provide police services
effectively and efficiently from any one location.
Consequently, the Fairfax County Police Department operates from a
headquarters building in the courthouse complex in the City of
Fairfax and eight district police stations.

The
officers and civilians at each of the eight district police
stations are responsible for law enforcement within the boundaries
of each district. A captain, aided by a first lieutenant, commands
each station and is akin to the police chief within that
district. Squads of patrol officers and detectives, under the
command of second lieutenants and sergeants, are assigned to each
district station.